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II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2140 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 13, 2014 Mr. Heinrich (for himself, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Udall of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To improve the transition between experimental permits and commercial licenses for commercial reusable launch vehicles.

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Commercial space launch licensing

Section 50906 of title 51, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (e)(1), by striking suborbital rocket design and inserting suborbital rocket or rocket design; and (2) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows: (g) A permit may be issued, and a permit that has already been issued shall remain valid for the uses described in subsection (d), for a particular reusable suborbital rocket or rocket design after a license has been issued for the launch or reentry of a rocket of that design. .